Web Surfing in Public Places Is A Way to Court Trouble

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Web Surfing in Public Places Is A Way to Court Trouble

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 23, 2006 @01:53AM from the just-a-gentle-reminder dept.

We had a story come in from the New York Times reminding people that web surfing in public places Is a way to court trouble. There's nothing in the story that is anything hugely new - but it does lead to an interesting question. What's the worst "on the road" security setups you've seen?

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Gorrin dere frist by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-23 01:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fiiiiiiiiirst poooooOOOoooOOoost! w00t!
It's true by gh4nd1 · 2006-10-23 02:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've always wanted to marry trouble
Confessions of a corporate spy by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-23 02:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm a consultant for one of the big New York trading houses. A large part of my job is to fly around the country shoulder-surfing the competition. Anothjer thing I do is to work on carefully-crafted phony documents on the airplane. I have at least one counterpart at another house, doing the same thing. When a difference of a few cents or a few minutes can mean millions of dollars, it's well worth my fee.
First reply!! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-23 02:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

At least to the first post.

I'd like to congratulate me, and, perhaps...MY MOM!!! (for making this happen today.)
FM8ist stop by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-23 02:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

we (don't sux0r As
Re:Internet cafes, gaming stores by Asic+Eng · 2006-10-23 05:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ok, I don't play WoW, but what kind of idiot would install a keylogger to get access to some other guy's game account? I can understand the motivation to steal someone's bank info - it's immoral, but there is the recognizable purpose of obtaining the money. However if you aren't playing according to the rules, what's be the point in playing a game? You could just as well print yourself a nice certifcate "You have won" and save your time. So maybe people don't pay much attention to these things because they overestimate the intelligence of their fellow citizens...